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Rethink, Reduce and Refuse: Can the Food Industry change fundamentally to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal 12?

Descrizione del progetto

Preparare i sistemi alimentari alla sostenibilità

I sistemi alimentari di tutto il mondo devono affrontare grandi sfide a causa dell’eccesso di offerta e della sovrapproduzione, che li mettono a rischio di collasso. Tale problema è stato reso evidente dalla pandemia di COVID tra il 2019 e il 2021. Per evitare una crisi simile, le aziende devono ripensare i propri modelli e ridurre gli sprechi, ma il cambiamento è difficile quando i margini di profitto sono stretti. Sostenuto dal programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto FOODRED studia come i consigli di amministrazione e i dirigenti aziendali possano influenzare l’adozione di pratiche più sostenibili, concentrando l’attenzione sulla riduzione dei rifiuti e sui principi dell’economia circolare. Il progetto esamina anche il ruolo delle donne nei ruoli apicali e il modo in cui una migliore governance economica e sociale può promuovere la crescita e la responsabilità a lungo termine, offrendo spunti per la formulazione delle politiche e la trasformazione aziendale.

Obiettivo

FOODRED examines whether food systems can be rethought and activities that lead to oversupply and overproduction reduced or refused. This would require boards of major food companies to direct their businesses to make substantial changes, which is difficult when profit margins are very narrow in many food businesses. This would require leadership from Boards and Executive Officers, and so there is a need to understand how Boards and Executives might influence the adoption of more radical 'reduce' and 'refuse' principles in their corporations, and which persons in those roles have the greater influence to drive change. Unless businesses are prepared to consider changing the prevailing business models, the food systems will be vulnerable to collapse in supply even more damaging than that seen in Europe during the 2019-21 Covid pandemic. We ask what it would take for corporations to explore the potential for increased profits through savings and for enhanced corporate responsibility through reducing wasteful activities, and which members of the Board are likely to drive that change. There is also the question of whether better Economic and Social Governance (ESG) would enhance the reputation and therefore drive customer growth, if these more difficult steps were taken. Furthermore, FOODRED would examine the role of women board members and executives in the drive for CE principles within firms, investigating whether there are links between SDG12 and SDG5.5.2. This also tests whether the OECD findings on the roles of women in achieving a CE are evident at the highest levels in corporations. There are very few studies that currently address these questions and as well as contributing to academic knowledge, our work has high potential for making a contribution to policy making in corporations, government and supra-international level for those looking for how to persuade corporations to do business for purpose rather than profit.

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UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 276 187,92
Indirizzo
Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth
PO1 2EG PORTSMOUTH
Regno Unito
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South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Portsmouth
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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